Freddie Taborda | Breath and the Asphyxiating Life in Time of the Coronavirus (English/Español)

(English)
I wonder if some of the most severe symptoms of corona-virus, such as difficulty breathing and low oxygen levels in the bloodstream, could point, from a psychological perspective, to a concomitant problem in our civilization. The manner in which we are living life is asphyxiating. From the perspective of the collective unconscious, societies and its members are increasingly distanced from their instinctual roots. Across the world, people live a one-sided life that emphasizes intellectualism and that fosters a disconnection from their inner life, especially from the body and its animal roots. It seems as if people may be unconsciously asphyxiating their own psychological life and life in Nature. Both the denial of current Climate Crisis and the high levels of psychological suffering around the world may attest to that. Nature and the inner nature have little room to breath, and their revenge is the creation of an asphyxiating disease in humans.
I wonder what would happen if we stop asphyxiating our inner live and Nature and give them enough space to breath…..and live more fully.

(Español) 
LA RESPIRACIÓN Y LA ASFIXIA EN EL TIEMPO DE CORONAVIRUS.
Me pregunto si algunos de los síntomas más graves del corona-virus, como la dificultad para respirar y los bajos niveles de oxígeno en el torrente sanguíneo, podrían señalar, desde una perspectiva psicológica, un problema concomitante en nuestra civilización. La forma en que estamos viviendo la vida es asfixiante. Desde la perspectiva del inconsciente colectivo, las sociedades y sus miembros están cada vez más distanciados de sus raíces instintivas. En todo el mundo, las personas viven una vida unilateral que enfatiza el intelectualismo y fomenta la desconexió con la vida interior, especialmente con el cuerpo y las raíces instinctivas. Al parecer, las personas estan asfixiando inconscientemente su propia vida psicológica y el medio ambiente. Tanto la negación de la actual crisis climática, como los altos niveles de sufrimiento psicológico en todo el mundo, pueden dar fe de ello. El medio ambiente y la naturaleza interna tienen poco espacio para respirar, y su venganza es la creación de una enfermedad que puede asfixiar a los seres humanos.
Me pregunto qué pasaría si dejáramos de asfixiar nuestra vida interior y el medio ambiente, y les dieramos suficiente espacio para respirar … y vivir más plenamente.


This post originally appeared on thehealingpsyche.org.


Freddie Taborda, LCPC, PsyD is a Jungian Analyst with over 27 years of clinical experience. He maintains a private practice in Chicago, Illinois.


Links: Dr. Taborda’s Website | About Dr. Taborda | Dr. Taborda’s Page on the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago’s Website

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